BIRTHS MARRIAGES AND DEATHS NOTED IN ACTON COLUMN
Births marriages and deaths are listed from Acton Ontario area notices. A daughter born to Mr and Mrs George Burt at Acton R R No 1. Marriages include Margaret Naomi Waldie to Thomas Earl McLaughlin at Knox Presbyterian Manse Acton. Deaths noted for Ellen Neilson Esquesing and Thomas Marshall Erin Township and Frank Marshall Esquesing with funeral details and interment at Fairview Cemetery Acton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
You
Joe
Burt
Acton
Ontario
George Burt
R R. No. 1
Georgetown
McLaughlin-Waldie
Knox Presbyterian Manse
Local notes preview upcoming spring events and repairs
April winds down with daylight saving in Guelph on May 6 and trout season opening a week after. Acton to celebrate coronation on May 12 while local roofs and garages receive renovations. Milton moves J Krants to brick works. George Mason adds sunroom by Furry Lake.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Acton
J. Krants
Milton
Milton Brick Works
George Mason
Lake Avenue
Furry Lake
Friends honor bride and groom at Marlin Kelly home
A large gathering hosted by Mr and Mrs Marlin Kelly celebrated newlyweds Mr and Mrs J Houck with a short program led by Walter Linham. Gifts included a mouth organ cole and readings by Mrs Somerville and Mr Burkholder.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marlin Kelly
J. Houck
Beatrice Kelly
Walter Linham
Cole
Dorothy Steele
Somerville
Annie Kelly
Burkholder
Alex. Wyldle
Munas Jim
Nagil
Ree
War era reminiscences and 1917 enlistment echoes
The passage recalls 1917 enlistment drives in Town Hall and churches, the sorrow of departures, and the ongoing debate on war profits versus government needs. It notes munitions expansion, pipeline work toward Calgary, and technocratic shifts while warning of weather and political shifts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farr Paras
Tke Lavelle Smith
Montreal
U. S
County Support for Militia Asked
The Milton Town Council urged the County Council to decorate the County Building for the Coronation. The Milton Decorating Committee endorsed the request. Council approved several grants and payments including 20.00 to Halton Educational Association and 25 for Coronation decoration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. E. Syer
Milton
Bruce Pitegerald
Syer
M.A. Campbell
Halton County Educational Association
George Currie
McNiven
Gilbert
Mr. Currie
Robinson
Halton Educational Association
Allen
Efr. Robinson
Lorne Scottish
Peel, Dufferin and Walton Rifles
Mr. Hewson
Byers
Mr. Vewson
T. Ramshaw
Lloyds of England
Obituary notices from Erin Advocate list early residents
Two memorial notices detail deaths in Erin Township. Duncan Graham of Clachan Lodge, born 1848, mourned by a large family with interment at Graham's Cemetery, and Elizabeth Wornsythe born 1859, who lived on Meredith homestead Limehouse and died in 1937 with services led by local ministers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minnie Moore
Walton
Acton Women's Institute For
Duncan Graham
Clachan Lodge
Erin Township
Mr. Graham
Lfe
Col
John Graham
Mary McGenchy
Clachan
Argyleshire
Scotland
Sarah Ann McAlister
Maxter
Georgetown
Goodwill
Wilsburg
Geo. I. Nodwell
Annie Ferguson
Homer
Resch Neld
Graham's Cemetery
Erin Advocate
Elizabeth Wornsythe
Charles Menwith
Susannah Hardacher
Meredith
Limehouse
John Barclay
Robert Scott
Albert Meredith
John Meredith
Jas. Grant
Joseph
Eva
Wie Frid
Harry R. Brown
Exquesingivo
Marana
Harold Robert
James
Thelma Brown
Richard Forsythe
Warry RR Brown
Stev. G. Stephenson
Thos. Meredich
Limehouse Cemetery
SL Bell
Row. Scott
Charles Mepdith
Win
Mitchell
Angi Buwen
Beal J. Brown
Bloomsbury Wedding Gatherings Honor Local Couple
About eighty neighbors united at Bloomsbury School on April 16 1937 to honor Wilma and Malcolm Moffat with a reading of a heartfelt address by Miss Ruby McPherson and a presentation of gifts. A similar scene followed April 20 1937 for Tom and Margaret McLaughlin with a long, humorous message and a smoking table gift.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dublin
Molly Cutty
Mabel Burkholder
Mr. Wouck
Darichny
Bloomsbury School
Malagim Moffat
Ross Gordon
Moffat
Ruby McPherson
Mansell Nellis
Mac McLaughlin
Wilma
Chesterfield
Malcolm Moffat
Donald Campbell
Corwhin
Bloomsbury
Thos. McLaughlin
Tom
Margaret
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Byark
Nith Mae
Ellen Neilson
James Stark
Marshall
Guelph General Hospital
Thomas Marshall
Matilda Baird
Esquesing Township
Frank Marshall
Irene Eliott
Marguerite
Alfred Marshall
United Church
Fairview Cemetery
Guelph
Perrymats
Norton Motors
Mary R. Moore Girls’ Guild of Knox Church
Donalda McPhal
Funeral Home
Johnstone & Rumsey
Burlington Gazette
Trafalgar Bridge
Calgary
Children's Aid Society
Childrens Aid Society
Peel and
Halton
O. A. C. Inspecton
Sose
J.S. Huntley
ONTON
Vhone
Erin Sete
Elizabeth Forsythe
E. P
Optometrist
ST. George's Square
Guelpih
the Public Health
Bod
ROYAL
Katherine Franchot Hepburn Tone
Say
Barriers
Canada
Building of the Co. Pp
Richard Arlen Lili Palmer
Thur
Jenn Harlow
Robert Taylor
Forest City
Wellington
Poultry Farm
Mia
Wlina
Malcolm
Rudy McPhenson
Marion Watson
Noss
Gordon
Bloomsbury Literary Society
No. 9
Thomas
McLaughlin
Claverince Wilson
Okr
Clarence Wilson
Charles Ryder
Cameron Ramshaw
Amy Stanley Button
Cameron Ranshaw
Mr. Melaughlin
Rockwood Chick Hatchery
Rockwood
B. C
J. B. Mackenzie & Son Coal and Lumber Dealers
Ntractors
Johnstone & Rumley
Johnstone & Home Furnishings
Tumley Mill St., Acton
Sunworthy
Wallpapn
Hinton’s
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